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NINA LARREY DUB-YEA, OF NICE, FRANCE.

FABRIC,

No. aoaeve.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan.'12, 1909.

Application filed December 4, 1907. Serial No. 4=05,121.

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'Nice, ,Department Alpes Maritimes, Republic of France, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement inFabrics and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full,

clear, and exact description of the same.

The herein described article of manufacture resembles certain productsthat are generally passed oil as paper. These products are, as a rule,composed of some fibrous materialwhich is subjected to pressure rolls,while hot, after having been coated with some suitable agglutinant orwaterproofing substance. A sheet-like article or product is thusproduced, of variable thickness, which more or less possesses theproperty of being waterproof and which is turned to account for a greatvariety of purposes in various arts. The said product possesses, it istrue, the valuable property of being practically untearable, but it onlyossesses that pro erty to a certain degree, ecause if untearab e in onedirection, it may be torn apart in an- In other words, it resists beingtorn in a transverse sense, that is to say in the direction transverseto that in which its constituent fibers lie, but it is capable of beingtorn in the same direction as the fibers and consequently it is open toobjection for some of the )urposes it is used for. Now the market vaueof such an article of manufacture would be considerably increased andits uses would be much more numerous, if the article could be madeentirely untearable.

The object of the present invention is to accomplish this urpose.

I proceed as ollows. I take twosheets, fleeces layers or films of anysuitable fibrous material, whether of animal, vegetable or even mineralorigin, although I prefer wadding, as this substance is most usuallyemloyed. I cut them to the required size and ay one on the top of theother, care being taken that the fibers of one extend or lie eithertransversely or obli uely to the direction of the fibers of the ot 161and I bind or connect them together in any suitable 1nanner, say bypressure between rolls or otherwise. If desired, I may interpose betweenthe superposed sheets, any suitable tissue, fabric or film of anydesirable substance, either as a filling or as a stifi'ener. I mayhesive substance, such. as rubber,

carriage work,

use more than two sheets and employ any larger number, and in additionto this, I may employ sheets, films, layers or fleeces of any desiredthickness.

The next operation consists in coating the fibrous material and inagglutinating one sheet to the other by any suitable means, as forinstanceby dipping into a bath of anyfada ter which the article ispassed, as usual, between rolls which, preferably, should be heated. Thedegree and pressure and temperature may vary according to the thickness,stiflness, strength or density of the article to be made. The articlemay, if required, be rendered waterproof by coating or dipping it, whenonce made, into any known suitable substance, capable of producing thedesired result.

An article or product is thus obtained the characteristic of whichresides in the fact that it is completely untearable, as com ared witharticles of a like nature, as hit erto madb.

The article is therefore capable of being used for a much larger numberof purposes than those heretofore manufactured, on ac count of its greatstrength. For instance, it may be used as a substitute for moroccoleather in the manufacture of furniture and upholstery, as a substitutefor coverings in as well as in the manufacture of tents, awnings, oilcloth and other urposes, dyeing and decorating, being app ed, if reuired according to the purpose.

I c aim:

A fabric, suitable for use as a substitute for morocco leather, composedof a series of waddin s cut to the required size, overlying each ot orwith their fibers crossed an bound together, and having suitable tissuesactin waddlngs, said waddings being saturated with a rubber compositionto hold the layers together, and provided with a coating of a suitablewater-proof composition, substantially as described.

In witness whereof- I have hereunto set my hand this twenty first day ofNovember 1907, in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

NINA LARREY DURYEA.

Witnesses RICHARD HAHN, A'r'rrLIo PIATTI.

as a filler or stiffener between said

